Chapter 61


    After all, what Adolph wanted was the actual money instead of Jeffrey’s life.


    Hearing that Jeffrey’s howling was bing weaker and weaker, Adolph stopped his men.


    He nced at the almost dead Jeffrey and withdrew his gaze. He looked over at Ste. “I never expect


    that you’ll be so heartless. You even stood and watched without doing anything. After all, he’s your


    father, isn’t he?”


    Ste had a dried-out throat. After a few seconds, she answered, “If he still cared about my brother and


    me, he wouldn’t have done such a thing.”


    Adolph didn’t speak. He couldn’t agree with her more.


    He continued, “What do you n to do now?”


    Ste inhaled. “You can take this fifty thousand. As for the rest of the debt, no matter in what way you


    want him to pay back, it’s between him and you only. It has nothing to do with me.”


    Only after cutting ties with Jeffreypletely would those debtors know that it was useless to ask her


    to pay the debt for her father.


    After thinking for a few seconds, Adolph looked over at Channing and asked. “What about you? Don’t


    you want to take care of it either?”


    Channing looked quite cold. “He deserved it. It’s none of my business.”


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    As he spoke, he took Ste’s hand. “Ste, let’s go.”


    Watching them go out of the box, a man asked, “Boss, are we letting them leave like this? What about


    our money?”


    Adolph turned around and hinted him to look at Jeffrey, who was lying on the floor. “Isn’t the indebted


    still there?”


    He recalled that Jeffrey had owed someone else earlier. Later, he managed to get two million from


    somewhere. Since Jeffrey was capable to do so, Adolph wasn’t worried that he wouldn’t be able to pay


    back his debt.


    Adolph squatted down and said to Jeffrey, “I’ll give you a few more days. You should know the interest


    increases every day. You’d better not escape. I’ll ask my men to follow you all the time. If you dare to


    make a move, as long as I can’t receive my money, you can’t me me for being cruel to end your life.”


    Walking out of the gate, Ste suddenly felt her legs weekend. If it weren’t that Channing helped her


    up, she would probably fall on the ground.


    After a long while, she said in a hoarse voice, “Chan, have I don’t something wrong? After all, he is...”


    Channing interrupted her, “Haven’t you said that if he still cared about us, he wouldn’t have done so?


    Since he could do something without any rock bottom, why can’t we?”


    Ste fell into the silence and didn’t speak.


    Although she had be numb for what Jeffrey did, when she saw him being beaten up by a group of


    men, she still felt quite upset.


    Channing added, “No worries. He’ll be fine. You’ve given them some money, haven’t you?”


    Fifty thousand wasn’t a big amount, but it could save Jeffrey’s life for the time being at least.


    “I hope so.”


    She had looked into Adolph’s background in the past few days. He was a typical usurer, smart and


    thoughtful. He would never kill the indebted in anger just because he wouldn’t receive the debt, which


    wasn’t worthy for him at all.


    Sending Ste home, Channing pulled out a bank card from his pocket and handed it to her.


    Ste was stunned. Instead of taking it over, she asked, “What’s this?”


    “There’s some money in this card. It’s useless for me for the time being. Please take it.”


    “Aren’t you going to college soon? You’ll need to spend money. Keep it yourself. Why are you giving it


    to me?”


    Channing pressed the bank card into her hands. “I’ve saved the allowance for my school. This is for


    you. You are now pregnant and nobody is taking care of you. Take it and buy some nutritious food.”


    Ste still didn’t want to take it. “No, thanks, Channing. You...”


    However, before she could finish her words, Channing turned around and ran away.


    Looking at his back, Ste faintly smiled.


    ...


    Since Modesty got the free lunch from Conrad Group, she had been in a super good mood in the


    following days. She believed that Mr. Conrad was kidding when he pretended he didn’t know her. If


    Conrad Group didn’t like her, they wouldn’t have sent her to study in Paris three years ago, and nor


    would they provide her with such an excellent opportunity.


    ...


    She knew that what Conrad Group had offered were all the top resources, which couldn’t be obtained


    by the designers no matter how many decades they kept working hard.


    However, Modesty’s good mood was ruined when she passed by the lounge and heard that the


    opportunity from Conrad Group was originally for Ste, who had refused it, so it was offered to her


    instead.


    In an instant, Modesty pulled a long face.


    It was Ste again!


    Three years ago, Ste won the first prize and she refused it, so the study abroad chance was offered


    to Modesty. Now the same thing happened again.


    Modesty felt so annoyed to be the person who received Charity behind Ste’s back.


    Back to her office, Modesty pulled out her phone and dialed a number. “Hello! I asked you to


    investigate who Ste Radomil’s ex-husband is. How does it go?


    “I can’t find any information. Are you sure she was married? Was it just her excuse?”


    “It seems possible.”


    Although Ste used to rify her private life to the media, Modesty believed that a mistress would


    never want to admit her identity in public so easily.


    If Ste truly had got married, how would she hide all the details without telling others? Modesty was


    wondering if Ste deliberately wanted to mislead others to think that her ex-husband was a bigwig.


    In the afternoon, Modesty took her newly designed jewelry series to Stanford’s office.


    With the best resources, after studying design in France for such a long time, Modesty had her skills


    and abilities. However, she was too be anxious to achieve quick sess and get instant benefits. All


    her designs emanated an eagerness that she wanted to suppress Ste.


    Stanford rubbed his temples and said, “Modesty, your design looks fine. But, we have ‘Puppy Love’


    Series in SG Jewelry Magazine, why don’t you try another style?”


    Obviously, Modesty was well prepared. She retorted, “I admit that ‘Puppy Love’ Series are still popr


    now, which means that the market likes such style. Besides, my design style is different from it. After


    my series are produced and avable in the market, we can let the two seriespete with each other.


    Then we will know which one the market would choose.”


    “So you meant if your series is more popr than ‘Puppy Love’ Series, we should stop producing and


    selling ‘Puppy Love’?”


    “Of course. Survival of the fittest.”


    Stanford suddenlyughed. “Modesty, I know you want to be better than Sharon in every perspective,


    but you should know you are working for SG Jewelry Magazine. We’re making jewelry here not


    schemes in the workce.”


    Although his tone was steady and gentle, his words sounded quite harsh.


    Modesty, however, retorted, “It’s just because SG Jewelry is the A-list magazine in our country, we


    should know ‘survival of the fittest’ better.”